The People’s Bank is Sri Lanka’s second largest commercial bank. As one of the four Domestically Systemically Important Banks (D-SIB) in Sri Lanka, it offers Retail banking, Enterprise banking, Corporate banking, Treasury, and International Operations. Its Retail banking involves deposit products and advances, amongst others, while its Enterprise banking deals with deposit products, SME loans, Development and Microfinance Loans, and Trade Finance. Corporate banking involves Trade Finance and other general deposit and advances services. The Treasury and Investment banking segment offers Money Market Activities, Trading in Government Securities, Repurchasing Transactions on Government Securities, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Derivative Transactions, Investment Banking, Debt Structuring, Advisory Services and Trustee Services. Its International Operations segment involves Trade Services, Foreign Currency Remittances and Deposits, and International payment and settlement services. Founded in 1961, it has its head offices in Colombo.
People’s Bank
Type
State Owned Enterprise
Industry
Banking and Finance
ROA
1.3
Governance
83.3
Profits/Losses
LKR 16,090,486
Governance Indicators
A systematic measure of how well this SOE is managed.
2020
Year of the most recent Annual Report available online
1
Have Annual Reports for the last five years been tabled in Parliament?
2
Does the Annual Report include the mandatory provisions set out in the PED guidelines?
0
Is the Audit Clean / Qualified / Disclaimer?
0
Is the information pertaining to the RTI officer available on the website?
1
Does the SOE respond to an RTI within the timeframe specified in the Act?
1
Does the SOE have a website?
2
Does the SOE website contain sufficient organtisational details?
1
Does the SOE website contain tender and procurement details?
Annual Report
Auditing Standards
Rights to Information
Accessibility of Information
Interpretation of the indicators
Good
2
Average
1
Bad
0
Financials
Available Financial data for the last few years.
| Year | Turnover (LKR) | Total Assets | Profit/Loss | Total Debt | Total Liabilities | Total Equity | Operational Profits | ROA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2020
|
223,898,429
|
2,400,567,393
|
16,090,486 | Data Not Available |
2,261,456,628
|
139,110,765
|
29,317,428
|
0.7
|
|
2019
|
235,529,351
|
1,908,540,233
|
16,178,168 | Data Not Available |
1,919,758,954
|
130,015,733
|
37,168,854
|
0.8
|
|
2018
|
219,357,457
|
1,908,540,233
|
21,492,143 | Data Not Available |
1,785,026,784
|
123,513,449
|
40,602,444
|
1.2
|
|
2017
|
190,183,693
|
1,619,078,592
|
20,510,921 | Data Not Available |
1,512,635,443
|
106,443,149
|
37,258,716
|
2.5
|
|
2016
|
144,749,519
|
1,444,398,017
|
17,955,928 | Data Not Available |
1,359,206,909
|
85,191,108
|
31,581,637
|
1.3
|
|
2015
|
123,830,806
|
1,295,366,380
|
15,067,993 | Data Not Available |
1,222,565,751
|
72,800,629
|
30,492,135
|
1.2
|